Hame-fastener



(No Model.) f

H. C. DAVIS.;

.RAME FASTENBR.' 5

No. 550,098. Patented Novn 19, 1895.

UNITED. STATES PATENT GEEICE.

l-IOMER C. DAVIS, OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAiVl E-FASTEN ER.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,098, dated November19, 1895.

' Application ledlehruary 14, 1895. Serial 110.538,407. (No model.)

To all whom/ it may concern:

Beit known that l, HOMER C. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Connellsville, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Haine-Fastener, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in hame-fasteners.

The object of this invention is to construct a hame-fastener which shallbe simple and inexpensive in construction, easy to manipu late, notliable to get out of order, and which shall be thoroughly effective forthe purpose for which it is intended.

My invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, pointed outin the claim, and illustrated inthe drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved hame-fastener complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection through the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pivotedcatch. Fig. 4L is a similar view of the sliding hame-fastener section.Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through the main section of thefastener. Fig. 6 illustrates the cross-sectional shape of the slidingmember of the fastener.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in thefigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the main body or section of myimproved hamefastener device, provided at one end with the usual hook 2for engaging the lower end of one of the hames, and 3 represents theother or sliding and adjustable section of the fastener, provided with ahook 4f for engaging the lower end of the other hame. The lower concaveface of the section 1 is provided with a longitudinal groove or recess5, extending practically the entire length thereof, and is also formedwith two lips or flanges 6 6, projecting inwardly toward each other andeX- tending partially over the groove or recess 5, as shown in thedrawings.

7 indicates a slot through the upper wall of the section 1 extendinglongitudinally thereof and adapted to receive a pivoted latch 8, havinga downwardly-projecting pin or hook 9 for engaging the sliding section 3and with a thumb-piece 10, whereby the catch S may be lifted out ofengagement with the sliding section 3. The catch 8 is pivoted within theslot 5 5 7 at one end thereof, as shown at 11, and is held in place bymeans of a iiat spring 12, secured to the upper face of the section 1 bymeans of a screw 13 at one end and bearing at its other end upon theupper face of 6o the pivoted catch. The pivoted catch 8, at its upperouter edge, is formed with oppositelyarranged laterally-extendingflanges 14,which rest upon the outer face of the section 1, thuslimiting the forward movement of said catch and holding the same snuglyin place whether thesliding section 3 is in place or not.

The sliding section 3 extends nearly the entire length of the groove orrecess in the section 1 and is prevented from escaping 7o A therefrom bymeans of lips or iianges 6, above described, and at suitable intervalsthroughout its length said section 3 is provided with perforations 15,which are adapted to be engaged by the pin or hook 9 on the pivoted 7 5catch 3. The outer face of said pin or hook 9 is beveled off, as shown,and the advance edge of the sliding section 3 is also beveled off, asshown at 16, so that when said end is inserted it will lift the catch 8in the manner well un- 8o derstood. By reference to Fig. 5 it will beobserved that the side walls of the groove or recess 5 are inclined,diverging downwardly. The corresponding side edges of the slidingsection 3 are likewise inclined or beveled, the 8 5 object being toenable the parts to iit more snugly and closely together, thuspreventing the rattling, &c.

Thus a simple, neat, and durable hamefastener is provided, by means ofwhich the 9o haines may be quickly and easily secured together orseparated and adjusted.

In a hame fastener, the main section thereof provided with alongitudinal groove having reversely inclined side walls, inwardlyprojecting lips or flanges overhanging said groove at each side, and alongitudinal slot for the reception of and in combination with apivfoted catch hinged to said section, resting in 13o said slot andformed in its outer face with a longitudinal groove, laterallyprojecting and longitudinally extending side flanges formed integrallywith said @meh and resting` upon the outerfaee of the main section, aleaf spring Secured to the main section and resting and sliding at itsfree end within the groove of said pivoted eateh and a detachablesliding section formed with reversely inclined side edges and providedwith a series of splztyed perforations adapted to trip and be en gaggedby said pvoted enteh, substantially :is :md for 1o the purposespeeilied.

In testimony that I elailn the foregoing :is 1ny own I have heretoztixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

IIOMER C. DAVIS.

\Vit11esses:

\V. S. SCHENCK, JOHN KURTZ.

